Product Family Extension Configuration Design: the theory and method

Author

Zhao, Yanwei ; Zhang, Meiyan ; Su, Nan ; Chen, Jian

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Special Purpose Equip. & Adv. Process. Technol., Zhe Jiang Univ. of Technol., Hang Zhou, China

Volume

3

fYear

2010

fDate

26-28 Feb. 2010

Firstpage

321

Lastpage

326

Abstract

How to solve contradictory problems in product family configuration design correctly and effectively has become a hot focus in the adaptable and rapid design areas in recent years. For this purpose, a survey about the theory system, key technologies and perspective of Product Family Extension Configuration Design (PFECD) and its application in the mass customization is reported. The state-of-arts of PFECD in configuration modeling, product family structures divided, configuration scheme generation, configuration rules transformation, configuration scheme modification as well as system software development are presented. Several problems that need be further studied and developed are also discussed. As a new branch of intelligent design, a new scientific theory is provided by PFECD for solving contradictory problems between mass production and customized.

Keywords

configuration management; mass production; product customisation; product design; production engineering computing; PFECD; configuration modeling; configuration rules transformation; configuration scheme generation; configuration scheme modification; mass customization; product family extension configuration design; system software development; Design methodology; Educational products; Educational technology; Intelligent structures; Laboratories; Mass customization; Mass production; Process design; Product design; System software; contradictory problem; extension theory; intelligent design; product family configuration design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer and Automation Engineering (ICCAE), 2010 The 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5585-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5586-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCAE.2010.5451606

Filename

5451606